æfen
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. Cognate with Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āƀand, Old Dutch āvont, Old High German ābant, Old Norse aptann.
Pronunciation
Noun
ǣfen m
- evening
- eve: the day/evening/night before something
- mōnanǣfen ― Sunday evening
- Cristes mæsseǣfen ― Christmas Eve
- (Christianity) vespers
Declension
Declension of ǣfen (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
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Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǢFEN”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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